Movie Review | The Sorcerer's Apprentice | Story goes off track, lacks magic
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NEW YORK (CNS) — By the time viewers sit through the two flashbacks — one set in the Middle Ages, the other a mere 10 years ago — that are required to get "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" rolling, they will likely have a sense that director Jon Turteltaub's generally inoffensive but routine fantasy adventure is on track to do more lumbering than levitating.
And so, alas, it turns out, as the special effects-driven proceedings that follow fall well short of movie magic.
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